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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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